Technology and function of the Chalcolithic dagger from Cabezos Viejos (Archena, Murcia, Spain)

  1. C. Gutiérrez Sáez
  2. I. Martín Lerma 1
  3. J. A. Marín de Espinosa
  4. J. Lomba Maurandi
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Actas:
International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012
  1. João Marreiros (ed. lit.)
  2. Nuno Bicho (ed. lit.)
  3. Juan F. Gibaja (ed. lit.)

Editorial: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN: 1-4438-6816-7,  978-1-4438-6816-7

Año de publicación: 2014

Páginas: 755-763

Congreso: International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012 : held at the University of Algarve, Faro, October 10, 11 and 12th 2012

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

The Chalcolithic collective burial from Cabezos Viejos (Archena, Murcia) contained the remains of 23 individuals in two chambers, A and B. Burial goods are unequally present, B chamber featuring better quality and more abundant items than A chamber. A knife/dagger from B chamber, of exceptional size and quality, shows signs of careful technical elaboration procedures that might suggest its foreign origins. Use-wear analysis results indicate a multiple use in different activities.